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THE RURAL LIGHT
PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHERN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
RURAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS
Vol. 14
Northern Alumni and Friends:
This "Rural L ight" is being sent to you
as the fourth issue of Northern's Alumni
Bulletin. \ Ve hope you are enjoying these
publieations and we would be pleased to
recei ve any news of interest you may have
concerning yourself o r other form er stu­dents
and gradu ates that could be used
in compiling the next bulletin.
As ~'ou perhaps already know, the an­nual
(lues for membership in the Alumni
Association are $1.00 for one year melll­bersh
ips and $4.50 for permanent lllember­ships.
All of t hose p a yin;r dues will re­ceiye
the following bulletins : Alumn i Bul­letins,
special school bulletins a nd t he
colJeg'e catalo;r. You may send you r dues
to t he Treasurer of the Alumni Associa­tion,
Mr. Roderick Ross, who \I' ill issue
a receipt and a melllbership canl.
Arrangements are now bein;r made fo r
t he annual Alumni Breakfast I"hich will
be served on Thursda~' morning, June 9,
at 8:30 in the College Cafeteria. A short
business meeting will be held after the
program but it will be adjourned in s u ffi­cient
tillle for the 36th annual COllllllence­ment
exercises sche(lu led for 10 :15 A. ~1.,
in Spafford Gymnasiulll. Mttke your plans
now to attend both of these gatherin;rs
and bring along any suggestions ~' ou Illay
have to improve our associati on.
Greetings to each of you.
LLOYD F. JOHNSON
P resident AlullJll i Association
Opportunities for
. the Rural Teacher
Do you \\':1 nt to teach school ? If the
ans,,-er is "no," it is not necessary to
read more of this article. If the answer
is "yes," read the entire discussion . The re
is a shortage of rUl;tl school teacl.·ers in
the state of South D akota and from a ll
indications t here will be a shortage next
year. You will also be interested in knoll'­ing
that salaries are on the up-grade.
\Vhile salaries are not as high as they
should be, many schools are paying a liv­ing
wage. Teaching is a useful and hono1'­able
line of \rork t hat pays dividends in
human values. In many other lines of work
there is an over-supply of workers and
working conditions are decidedly unde­sirable.
There always has been a short­age
of well prepared rural teachers. If a
candidate has ability, ambition, and love
for children, there are no limits in her ac­complishments.
Every county school su­perintendent
can count her superior teach­ers
without using all her fingers. If you
intend to become an outstanding teacher,
you will have little competition.
Many of the leaders in the educationi"
world in South Dakota started in the pre­fession
as rural teachers.
Opportunity is knocking at your door.
In one year you can get a first grade cer­tificate
and start a career in educational
work. Your r ise will depend on your am­bition,
industry, and ability. There are
more than five thousand rural school po­sitions
in the state. Are you going to pre­pare
you rself to teach in one of those
positions? V. H. CULP
NELS N. JOHNSON CONTRIBUTES
TO BEADLE CENTENNIAL
Prof. Nels N. Johnson is the producer
of a plaque of General Beadle which has
been installed in many schools as a per­manent
memorial to our most distinguish ­ed
citizen.
APRIL, 1938
President C. G. Lawrence
President Lawrence has a long record of effi­ciency
in ecl ucational ,,·ork in South Dakota. lIe
has se rved :IS county superintendent of Lincoln
county, state superintendent of public in struction,
city superi:1tendent <'f C:~!lt()n, president of tlw
South Dakota Educatif't1 Associa t .em, pr:,dclcilt of
')o'., thern 1,to rmnl, and Presiden t of Northern
State Teachers College. He is fami liar with the
p r oblems of ecl ucation in this state and vital'"
interested in their solu tion. President Lawren<:c
has consistently supported the rural teacher train­in!,:
work in our College and appreciates the con­tribution
made by the Demonstration schools. H e
i ~ a member of the teachers honorary organiza ­tlOn,
t he Beadle Club. His most distinctive per­so
nal characteristic is kindliness, an attribute
which he and Mrs. Lawrence seem in competition
in exemplifying.
PROFESSOR TOSTLEBE SPONSORS
TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN
Mr. Tostlebe is well known Over t he state for
his contributions to grade work in science. This
spring he sponsored a campaign for tree planting
on school grou nds in cooperation with the Kiwanis
cluh of Aberdeen. Requests have bcen receil' c<l
for approximately 800 trees.
LEOPOLD RUTTER, VIOLINIST
Undoubtedly Mr. Rutter is one of the leading
violinsts of the state. He receives manv calls for
v iolin numbers. His playing of "The Canary" in ­variablv
wins the heartv commendation of an au-dience.
· .
FAMOUS SONS OF PRESIDENT LAWRENCE
Dr. Ernest Lawrence of the University of Cali­fornia
is one of the most noted scientists in the
world. H e has made a great contribution in smash­in.!!;
the atom and developing synthetic rtl<lium.
Dr. John Lawrence of Yale college is nation ally
known for his efforts to utilize radium in com­batting
cancer. Both sons have visited Aberdeen
seve ral times.
No. 7
Our Special Edition
Because a majority of the teachers in
Sou th Dakota are rural teachers in one or
two room rural schools, ancl because
Northern State Teachers College does dis­t
incti"e lI'ork in rural teacher training.
this issue of Hul'lll Light is de voted to
N. S.T. C. ru ral teacher training ,,'ark. It
is intended to set forth the facilities Iyhich
No rth el'll offers in rural teacher training
lI' ith special emphasis on its most distinc­tive
f eature, the training in actual teach­ing
and observation in t he Rural Demon­stration
sc hools. This issue is intended
especiall y · for high school g raduates who
contempl ate preparing for the \l'o rk of
teaching rural schools.
Rural Light is published every month
as the officia l organ of t he N. S. T. C.
Rural Demonstration schools. Practically
all material in it regular issue is contrib­uted
bv the children in these schools as
news itenls, original poems, and o ri ginal
prose selections. Rural Light regularly is
a monthly ]lublication by, of, and for the
children in our schools. Because the child­ren
feel they are part of Northern, they
are g lad to g ive this issue to publicity per­taining
to the Demonstration schools, ru­ral
teacher tl'aining, and allied activities.
Parents, too, will be interested in a rather
exhaustive summary of Northern's efforts
in rural teacher training in which their
e hildren have an important part.
Inquiries l'elative to the rural teacher
trai ning work will be cheerfully answered
b~' the N. S. T. C. Extension Department,
Prof. E. A. Bixler, head of the Educa­tiun
f'ap a rtlne:- L, Prof. \r TL 0 ~.1l-p-,:e+rt..""":"'. · ("
tb l' of~ural Education, Prof. Milton Tost­lebe,
Miss Ma rgaret Briscoe, or the editor.
M. M. GUI-IIN, EclitOl'
Status of Northern as a Rural
Teachers Training College
).T orthern is rated in the highest group
as a rural train ing teachers college. It is
located in the heart of a rich agricultural
region and is the natural center of a large
farming region. R a ilroads and improved
roads make A berdecn a meeting place.
The College has seeu red the cooperation
of nearby rural and to\l'n schools in the
training of rural teache rs. These associ­ated
schools are strictI v modern and ex­c
lll plify the possibilities of the one-room
anel small to\l'n school.
The college hn s transportation facilities
to take the students to the schools a part
of t he day during the practice teaching
term. Yisitors froll] the National Educn­tion
Association, the Office of Education
at \Vashington, t he Minister of Education
frotll Saskatchewan, and othel' noted visi­tors
have acclaimed OUl' tnlininv: facilities
as seco ncl to none. Dr. Ernest' ·Burnham
who is the father of Rural Education said
that Northern has the best one-teacher
schools in the countr? Stu(lents are per­lli
ittecl to teach rural hoI'S and g·irls in
l'eal rural schools under the lllost' favor­able
conditions. No schoo l in the nation
has more favorable conditions for the
study of ru ral education. Under such con­ditions,
we are proud to invite you to
Northern next fa ll.
Y. H. CULP
RIVERSIDE SCHOOL BUILDING SUNSHINE SCHOOL-Miss Mary HimanQa. Critic Teacher

THE RURAL LIGHT
PUBLISHED BY THE NORTHERN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
RURAL DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS
Vol. 14
Northern Alumni and Friends:
This "Rural L ight" is being sent to you
as the fourth issue of Northern's Alumni
Bulletin. \ Ve hope you are enjoying these
publieations and we would be pleased to
recei ve any news of interest you may have
concerning yourself o r other form er stu­dents
and gradu ates that could be used
in compiling the next bulletin.
As ~'ou perhaps already know, the an­nual
(lues for membership in the Alumni
Association are $1.00 for one year melll­bersh
ips and $4.50 for permanent lllember­ships.
All of t hose p a yin;r dues will re­ceiye
the following bulletins : Alumn i Bul­letins,
special school bulletins a nd t he
colJeg'e catalo;r. You may send you r dues
to t he Treasurer of the Alumni Associa­tion,
Mr. Roderick Ross, who \I' ill issue
a receipt and a melllbership canl.
Arrangements are now bein;r made fo r
t he annual Alumni Breakfast I"hich will
be served on Thursda~' morning, June 9,
at 8:30 in the College Cafeteria. A short
business meeting will be held after the
program but it will be adjourned in s u ffi­cient
tillle for the 36th annual COllllllence­ment
exercises sche(lu led for 10 :15 A. ~1.,
in Spafford Gymnasiulll. Mttke your plans
now to attend both of these gatherin;rs
and bring along any suggestions ~' ou Illay
have to improve our associati on.
Greetings to each of you.
LLOYD F. JOHNSON
P resident AlullJll i Association
Opportunities for
. the Rural Teacher
Do you \\':1 nt to teach school ? If the
ans,,-er is "no," it is not necessary to
read more of this article. If the answer
is "yes," read the entire discussion . The re
is a shortage of rUl;tl school teacl.·ers in
the state of South D akota and from a ll
indications t here will be a shortage next
year. You will also be interested in knoll'­ing
that salaries are on the up-grade.
\Vhile salaries are not as high as they
should be, many schools are paying a liv­ing
wage. Teaching is a useful and hono1'­able
line of \rork t hat pays dividends in
human values. In many other lines of work
there is an over-supply of workers and
working conditions are decidedly unde­sirable.
There always has been a short­age
of well prepared rural teachers. If a
candidate has ability, ambition, and love
for children, there are no limits in her ac­complishments.
Every county school su­perintendent
can count her superior teach­ers
without using all her fingers. If you
intend to become an outstanding teacher,
you will have little competition.
Many of the leaders in the educationi"
world in South Dakota started in the pre­fession
as rural teachers.
Opportunity is knocking at your door.
In one year you can get a first grade cer­tificate
and start a career in educational
work. Your r ise will depend on your am­bition,
industry, and ability. There are
more than five thousand rural school po­sitions
in the state. Are you going to pre­pare
you rself to teach in one of those
positions? V. H. CULP
NELS N. JOHNSON CONTRIBUTES
TO BEADLE CENTENNIAL
Prof. Nels N. Johnson is the producer
of a plaque of General Beadle which has
been installed in many schools as a per­manent
memorial to our most distinguish ­ed
citizen.
APRIL, 1938
President C. G. Lawrence
President Lawrence has a long record of effi­ciency
in ecl ucational ,,·ork in South Dakota. lIe
has se rved :IS county superintendent of Lincoln
county, state superintendent of public in struction,
city superi:1tendent